The Latest from the Field:
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The View From Seat 41
A trip becomes something more, learning to appreciate the view from the window.
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Welcome Back to Romania
Salt mines, mountain hikes, and spa dreams.
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What Is in a Bottle of Wine?
I don’t really drink wine. But at a six-hundred-year-old family winery, I learned that a bottle contains far more than grapes: it holds family, land, time, and the balance between tradition and change.
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The Weight of Tradition
No plain black bags in this collection: Craft, tradition, and choosing integrity over growth.
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The Power of Patrons
Field notes from Florence on beauty, wealth, responsibility, and the futures powerful people choose to build.
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A Global City at Human Scale
A dinner in Florence reminded me that real connection cannot always be scheduled, optimized, or rushed. In a city known around the world, the most important lessons still happened at human scale.
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A Woman on a Bicycle
A woman rides a bicycle and the city moves around her.
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A Blank Page About Care
A workshop on care, vulnerability, and interdependence began with a blank page. What I could not write down may have been the most honest response I had.
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Lead Beautifully, Live Beautifully
A leadership session in Florence left me thinking about responsibility, curiosity, and the danger of mistaking exhaustion for seriousness. La dolce vita may be less about escape than about learning how to keep the work and the life from becoming enemies.
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Respect Is Not Silence
I wrote respect ≠ silence in my notebook with a little more force than the rest of my notes. What followed was one of the most honest conversations I have been in about what leadership actually costs and what it should never require you to give up.
Field Notes From Abroad 